Young chess player receives top female award

Kalinka started playing chess when she was 3 years old

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Liezl Scheepers Less than a minute

Kalinka Yorke-Hart, a talented young chess player from Parys. Photo: Supplied

Seven-year-old chess player Kalinka Yorke-Hart from Parys received the award for Best Female Player in her division after competing in the Fonteine Open tournament.

Kalinka was the youngest player in the under-10 section. She started the tournament in 10th place out of 17 participants and won three of her five games.

This earned her an impressive fifth-place finish in her division, says her proud coach Danny Botes.

Kalinka started playing chess when she was 3 years old and is one of the standout young talents at local chess night gatherings hosted in Parys.

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Liezl Scheepers Less than a minute

Liezl Scheepers

Liezl Scheepers is editor of the Parys Gazette, a local community newspaper distributed in the towns of Parys, Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. As an experienced community journalist in all fields for the past 30 years, she has a passion for her community, and has been actively involved in several community outreach projects as part of Parys Gazette's team.